# Accident 19800809035819A: Piper PA28R201T, Carroll, IA, August 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1980, 21:45 local time
- Place: Carroll, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0704° N, 94.8646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carroll, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0704&lon=-94.8646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47741, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47741-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800809035819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRPLANE BROKE-UP IN FLIGHT. INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL. DARK NIGHT, THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE IN AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA048), Aug 9, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N47741), Carroll, IA, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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